Sisters on the Fly is a national "sorority" of women who meet all over the country to camp, fish, hunt and drink martinis. Decorated campers, cowboy hats, and cigars are signatures. The SMOKAN chapter (Sisters in Missouri and Kansas) camped at one sister's farm in Louisburg Saturday, Apr. 21, 2012. Elaine Toland (form left) of Tecumseh, Kan., Deb Gaskill of Warsaw, Mo., and Lori Thompson of Leawood, light up their cigars before dinner. The Richmond Farm barn is behind them. JILL TOYOSHIBA/The Kansas City Star 04212012
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A large cloud of tear gas hovers over protesters gathered at Wyandotte Street and W. 47th Street. Thousands of people gathered Saturday, May 30, 2020, at the Country Club Plaza for a second night of protests against police brutality and the death of George Floyd.
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Police officers wearing face shields lined up to block people protesting police brutality and the killing of George Floyd from stepping off the sidewalk. Heated words were exchanged and protesters marched and chanted well into the night at the Country Club Plaza in May 2020.
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Kansas City Chiefs chairman Clark Hunt, tight end Travis Kelce, quarterback Patrick Mahomes and defensive end Frank Clark celebrate with the Vince Lombardi trophy after defeating the San Francisco 49ers 31-20 during Super Bowl 54 at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Feb. 2, 2020.
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In time for Memorial Day events this weekend, dozens of Walk of Honor granite bricks were installed at the National War War I Museum at Liberty Memorial. JE Dunn masonry foreman Pete Johnson of Olathe watches as bricklayer Eric Steffan of Kansas City, North, installed one of the larger pieces Monday, May 23, 2011. JILL TOYOSHIBA/The Kansas City Star 05232011
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Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Mecole Hardman gets tossed upside down on a punt return in the second quarter of the Chiefs game against the Atlanta Falcons at Arrowhead Stadium Sunday, Dec. 27, 2020. The Chiefs defeated the Falcons 17-14.
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Attorneys Dawn Parsons, left, and Holly Hastings console Eric DeValkenaere after DeValkenaere, a former Kansas City police detective, was found guilty on Nov. 9, 2021, in Jackson County Circuit Court for the fatal shooting of Cameron Lamb in December 2019.
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Joe Amrine spent 17 years on death row and was exonerated in 2003, but without job skills or being eligible for benefits, he has struggled. Amrine turned 65 in October 2021, which means he is eligible for Medicare.
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Skye Blakely, a seventh grader from Frisco, Texas, competes on the balance beam on the second day of the junior women's competition of the 2019 U.S. National Gymnastics Championships at the Sprint Center in August 2019. Blakely is in fifth place after four events.
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People who lost their lives to COVID-19 were remembered and frontline workers were honored on the National Day of Remembrance Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021. A white flag for each of the 1,665 people who died of COVID in the Kansas City metro area was planted in front of the National World War I Museum and Memorial and the city skyline was lit in amber. A visitor photographs the display.
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Kansas City right fielder Alex Rios makes a sliding catch of Blue Jays Justin Smoak's fly ball in the eighth inning of the ALCS Game 3. Fans heckled Rios, a former Blue Jay, throughout the game, often shouting "Rios sucks!" After winning ALCS games 1 and 2 at home, the Royals lost to Toronto 11-8 at Rogers Center in Toronto Monday, Oct. 19, 2015.
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Fans get a closeup view of Royals third baseman Mike Moustakas as he throws himself over the railing of the third-base dugout suites to catch an Orioles foul ball in the sixth inning. Kansas City Royals beat the Baltimore Orioles 2-1 in Kansas City and lead the ALCS 3-0 Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2014.
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Eighth grader Tyra Watts works on a class assignment May 18. Pinkerton Elementary, 6409 Agnes, is one of 26 schools closing as part of the Kansas City Missouri School District's "right-sizing" plan.
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Myra Taylor, Kansas City jazz icon and one of the Wild Women of Kansas City, center, turned 92 in February 2009. While holding a photo of herself in her twenties, Taylor and the Wild Women, Geneva Price, from left, Lori Tucker and Millie Edwards began singing during the portrait shoot. Taylor died in December 2011.
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Lora Vacca applies antibiotic ointment on her son Grant’s surgical wounds, as Grant and neighborhood friend Logan Perdue read get well cards from classmates. Nine-year-old Grant Vacca underwent a dramatic surgery to help correct a condition he was born with that causes facial disfigurement.
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Amanda and Isaac Tadlock see their twin daughters Maci, left, and Saylor, brought together for the first time after 11 1/2 weeks in separate isolettes. The twins were born 15 weeks premature in April 2005 at Overland Park Regional Medical Center. Maci was 1 pound, 4 ounces; Saylor was 10.5 ounces at birth.
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Lt. Col. Tom Tracy, silhouetted, left, salutes as the 500th MP Detachment fired 75-mm howitzers for the 21-gun salute during a Memorial Day Ceremony at Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery Monday, May 31, 2004.
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Marva Amrine (left) and Renee Amrine McDaniel greet their brother, Joe Amrine, as he arrives home to Kansas City July 28, 2003, after 26 years in prison. Amrine was released after prosecutors dropped the charges. Amrine's death row conviction for the murder of an inmate had been overturned by the State Supreme Court in April.
Crews work to put out a fire on a semi tractor trailer involved in a four-vehicle accident in February 2007 on northbound I-435 at I-35 in Claycomo, Mo. Two other trucks working to repair a guardrail and a passenger sedan were also involved in the accident, which resulted in one fatality.
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JILL TOYOSHIBA/The Kansas City Star_06032008_A fire started about 7:30 p.m. June 3 at the Magellan Midstream Partners petroleum distribution terminal at 401 E. Donovan Road in the Fairfax area of Kansas City, Kan.
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